Day 1 – Awakening to the Art of Meditative Living The retreat began with a simple yet profound invitation: meditation was not something separate from daily life, but a way of living with complete presence. Mukesh explained that the essence of meditation was to give one’s full attention to whatever was happening in the present […]
This was Mukesh’s Final Dialogue. We met at Swanwick Centre. The dialogue began with an invitation to reflect on what everyone was taking home after their shared journey together. Rather than searching for a final teaching or definitive answer, participants were encouraged to quietly ask what it means to live from the essence of life. […]
We met at the Pavilion. Mukesh invited everyone to listen with an open mind and a warm heart, not merely to understand the words but to experience the silence and presence behind them. He explored the meaning of “being a light to oneself,” suggesting that people habitually seek certainty from external authorities because they do […]
The Sunday dialogue at the Krishnamurti Educational Centre explored the nature of relationship as a mirror for self-understanding. Participants inquired into whether human beings are truly separate individuals or expressions of one shared consciousness. Mukesh suggested that although we appear separate physically, our fears, desires, and search for happiness are universal, revealing a deeper interconnectedness. […]
The Thursday dialogue in Victoria explored the nature of relationship, identity, and the possibility of living without psychological separation. Participants questioned whether the sense of being a separate individual is an essential fact or a story created by thought in the search for security. Mukesh suggested that while practical identity has its place, the psychological […]
We met at Krishnamurti Educational Centre. Mukesh emphasized that the purpose of a dialogue is to explore fundamental questions of life from a place of openness, stillness, compassion, and connectedness. Participants were invited to let go of fixed opinions, knowledge, and ideologies, and instead engage in a process of discovery through attentive presence and deep […]
We met at the Pavilion in Victoria. Mukesh (M) gave a talk on the relationship between desire and fear. Q: Does being aware of our desire have an action? M: Yes, silent loving presence has its own action. And it may not be according to my own idea. Awareness absorbs that energy [of desire] into […]
We met at the Swanwick Centre. Mukesh opened with guidance for the dialogue: It is a space to inquire into our daily life, a space not to judge anyone here but to listen, look openly — not a space to debate, offer any opinions, but to bring a quality of not-knowing, love. Though we may […]
We met at the Gorge Park Pavilion. Mukesh gave a talk titled “The observer is the observed”, which, together with the following talks in this series, is available on our YouTube channel, and the Q&A session followed: Q: There’s a joy in naming. Can I do that while also looking without naming? A: We cannot […]
We met at Swanwick Centre. Mukesh (M) gave an opening talk on the topic of Inner Freedom. He spoke first of the tool of deep listening for finding inner freedom, saying, “In order to listen, there has to be an inner freedom.” He went on to describe observation and attention as additional tools, explaining that […]